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I'm really not thrilled with the media reaction of 'wow what a brilliant new message no one ever thought of challenging the term 'special needs' before this teacher' 
- but I support her campaign to change the title. Accessibility specialist sounds OK https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/family/story/special-education-teacher-explains-called-accessibility-specialist-73975480?cid=share_facebook_widget&fbclid=IwAR2OhWkPJnIo7WN0qDMynDbKtqLAKLBsuQhoQCDPVWW6_YRB6OVtEp7vt7k
- but I support her campaign to change the title. Accessibility specialist sounds OK https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/family/story/special-education-teacher-explains-called-accessibility-specialist-73975480?cid=share_facebook_widget&fbclid=IwAR2OhWkPJnIo7WN0qDMynDbKtqLAKLBsuQhoQCDPVWW6_YRB6OVtEp7vt7k
But this is part of the problem that so called non-disabled 'allies' fail to deal with. As soon as they say a thing a thing that we've been saying billions of times - it's news, it's interesting, it's 'give them the mic and the front of the room.'
You MUST address this or you aren't an ally. I don't make the rules. If you fail to acknowledge, credit and point the mic in the direction of disabled people then you are working against us not for us. Period.
But I do have to laugh that in last while parents (white women) have blocked me and engaged in various middle class mean girl passive aggressive bs bc I challenged them on their use of euphemisms and the way they position themselves in this conversation. Meanwhile this teacher
...is doing better at pushing things forward and presenting 'their' kids as actual human beings than they very smarty smart smart bestest advocates with their antiquated playbooks and circa 1980 policy takes.
"She told "GMA" that within the disabled community -- the community of actually disabled individuals bonding over their shared experiences as disabled humans -- euphemisms such as "special needs," "differently abled," or "handicapable" are "pretty widely rejected."
Stunning to be a journalist and not be embarrassed that this is new info to you. https://twitter.com/mssinenomine/status/1328422547696697344?s=20
